Chapter 13: Unabridged Apologies

Tessa watched the door open. She looked on in fear as the intruder sauntered through the doorframe. Without thinking, Tessa slammed the pitcher down and heard the attacker scream. She hadn't succeeded in knocking the intruder unconscious, but that didn't stop her from jumping on said person and slapping at him.

"Wow, Tess! Tess! Calm down, it's me! Will!" Tessa stopped, her hands dropped to Will's chest as she stared down on him in horror.

"Are you guys—Oh wow…uhm…sorry." Isabelle blushed as she looked down at the two and turned, scampering back up the steps. Tessa, wondered why Isabelle had done so but then realized, to her dismay, that she could increase the dreadfulness of the situation. When she had jumped on Will, she had somehow managed to position her self on him…Okay there's no way to dignify this, so in the simplest terms Tessa was straddling Will. She felt the blood move to her cheeks as she hastily climbed off of Will.

The blood didn't stay long because when she saw the condition of Will's arm it seemed to evaporate from her veins. Along his arm was a gash, blood rolling down, dripping from his fingers.

"Oh, Will, you're hurt! Come on; let's get it cleaned up before it gets infected." Tessa grabbed Will by the shoulders and pulled him to his feet.

"It could be fatal." He gave her a dopey smile.

"Well, when you get gangrene then you'll see this is no laughing matter." Tessa led Will, impatiently, to the bathroom. She sat him down on the toilet as she collected bandages and antiseptic wipes. She handed him a wet washcloth.

"Oh, Tess," He mumbled, the smile still on his face.

"Yes?"

"You have such pretty grey eyes…" He slurred.

"Are you drunk right now?" Tessa grinned, only joking, but when he didn't reply she dropped the towel and glared up at him. "Oh my god you are, aren't you?" Instead of answering, he indicated he was a little with his thumb and forefinger.

"Tess, will you look at me?"

"No," she snapped, going back to his arm, roughly wrapping the bandage around the cleaned wound. "I'm going to bandage your arm and then you are going to bed. That's it." Tessa finished, and stood but not before Will grabbed her hand and pulled her down to him.

Isabelle went back to the living room, where Jem and Clary were tending to Jace's eyes. As if her night couldn't get any weirder, there was a knock at the door.

"Who in the hell could that be!" She sighed in exasperation. Probably the cops or something along those lines. Iz trudged over to the door, letting it fly open.

"Simon? What are you doing here?" Izzy looked at the boy standing on her front steps. His curls looked windblown and his cheeks were flushed as if he had been running.

"Are you okay? I thought I heard someone screaming." He spoke, sounding like he was still running. His pretty brown eyes sparked with adrenaline and in all honesty, Izzy found it very attractive.

"Uh…oh yeah, we just had a bit of a mishap. We thought Jace and Will and Jem were burglars and Clary attacked Jace." Izzy said, flustered. "What are you doing here anyways?"

"I was just out walking my cat." He grinned sheepishly.

"You walk your cat?" Izzy looked at the boy as if he had grown fangs.

"No, I live a block away, and I was on my way home from band practice…"

"You're in a band?"

"Yeah, with a couple other guys from school." He blushed.

The two stood there awkwardly, staring at each other.

Simon cleared his throat. "Well, if you're okay then I should probably head home, Rebecca will be worried."

"Oh, I didn't know you had a girlfriend."

"Rebecca's my sister."

"Oh, wow, yeah I know if I stayed out late Alec would freak so ohm…I'll see you later!" Izzy shut the door on Simon before she embarrassed herself further.

Flabbergasted by Will pulling her down, Tessa was stunned when his lips crashed on hers. His worked against hers, her innards doused with fire. She moved her hands up his arms, over his shoulder, and into his hair.

All of a sudden his hands clamped over her wrists, and he pushed her back.

Bewildered, Tessa stared at Will. He looked just as stunned as she felt.

"Tessa, you need to go."

"What, why?"

"I'm going to be sick and the last thing I want is for you to see that so could you please."

"Uh…yeah sure." Tessa hastily got to her feet and shut the door as she left. She touched her fingers to her lips. She had kissed Will. And Will was drunk. Would he remember it in the morning?

"Clary, I'm going to check on Tessa and Will." Jem stood, stretching. Clary only nodded. She was to busy tending to Jace.

"Jace, I really am sorry." She whimpered. Jace grinned at her, even though he was only now able to open his eyes all of the way.

"I'm fine Clary, really." He patted her hand lightly.

"I honestly think I should call poison control." She sighed, gnawing at her lip. Not only had she inherited her mother's hair and eyes, but also her intensive worrying. "God, I swear if you lose your eyesight, I'll never forgive myself. And on top of that you're being way to gracious!" She huffed.

"Clary, do you want me to haul you over the coals for this?"

"Yes."

"I would, but it wouldn't be all that wholehearted."

"It should be. You should hate me for that."

"In a way I found it sexy."

"Shut up!" Clary slapped Jace's chest.

"No, the way you were so defensive…well what I saw anyways…it was very hot." Jace grinned.

Tessa sat on one of the many sofas in the little "living room" in the basement. She was too busy pondering her and Will's kiss that she didn't notice Jem come into the room.

"Hey you." He smiled as he sat down on the floor, looking up at her. "Were you the one that left Will bruised, unconscious, and bloodied in the bathroom?"

"Well, I mended most of him but he was fully conscious when I left." She shrugged.

"Don't worry he needed it. Are you okay? You look kind of down…"

"I'm okay I guess. Tired." She didn't feel like telling anyone of her and Will's kiss. The kiss. Her first kiss. With an actual boy. A very attractive actual boy.

"Is that all?" He asked.

"Well, Will is a little…off putting."

"Oh, isn't he though? Especially when he's in one of his moods. Lately he's been in and out of them. Maybe he's in love with Clary." Jem smiled. Tessa tried to smile as she curled up on the sofa.

"I should probably help you get him to bed."

"Nah, Isabelle or Jace will help me. You get some sleep." And to Tessa's astonishment, he reached out and smoothed her hair down. He stood, grabbing a blanket and draping it over Tessa. Tessa was slipping into the oblivion of sleep but before she went completely under, she could have sworn she felt lips press to her temple.

And as she slid through the darkness she couldn't help think on what Jem had said. Maybe it wasn't Clary Will had feelings for.

So happier endings. Sorry for so much fluff but I just saw The Fault in Our Stars and I wanted a happy ending, at least to this chapter. But stuff went down in this chapter! Will and Tessa…kind of Jace and Clary, I want to reserve their fluff for their date. But there was a bit of Sizzy in this chapter. TwinkleStar35 asked about Simon and I was actually wondering how I could incorporate him into this chapter. And again Tessa…with her lovely boys…Wessa…Jessa.

Anyways, I hope you'll tell me if you liked it even though there was a lot of fluff and unoriginal adjectives, which I do apologize for I'm exhausted. But do bestow me the great honor of reading your reviews. And if you are shy or have questions on the characters do PM me.

Hugs for you all!

Emma